1915 Print Battleship Explosion Panama Pacific Navy - ORIGINAL HISTORIC TW3 XEGA9 Light surface rub - top

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Edward Windsor

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1915 Print Battleship Explosion Panama Pacific Navy - ORIGINAL HISTORIC TW3 XEGA9 Light surface rub - topThis is an original 1915 halftone print of the blowing up of the battleship, Zone. The ship was blown up for the Panama Pacific Exposition held in San Francisco. The caption writes, "[the Zone] gave a vivid idea of what happens to the warship that carelessly strolls into an enemy mine field, and hten waits around till the hostile commander on shore has time to press a button exploding the mine"CONDITION This 96+ year old Item is rated Very Fine ++.